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Theater & drama at Pepperdine

Pepperdine graduates about 15 theater majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 65th of 642 schools we score for theater, a standout program at 83 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $51,000 four years out, 1.25× what the same major pays nationally.

83/100Standout#65 of 642 for theater →
Graduates a year152% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$51,0001.25× the same major nationally
Research in the field$124Ka year, NSF
Admit rate63%whole school
SAT middle 50%1240–1410whole school

Around Pepperdine

Smothers Theater on the campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California in
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Pepperdine Musical Theatre
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Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
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Pepperdine University + Pacific Ocean
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Where theater happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 58 · Student housing 36 · Athletics 5 · Chapel 1.

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Nearby in the theater ranking

  1. Swarthmore College 83
  2. Amherst College 83
  3. Rutgers University–New Brunswick 83
  4. San Francisco State University 83
  5. George Mason University 82
  6. University of California, Santa Barbara 82
  7. Washington University in St. Louis 82
  8. University of California, Irvine 82

Other strong majors at Pepperdine

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Pepperdine with every school we score in theater. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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